Arrieta continued driving through the parking lot and struck another vehicle before pulling out on the road, Burnsed said.

The patrol car was parked while the officer was inside Cancun Restaurant on a dinner break, Burnsed said.

No injuries were reported.

Witnesses called police with a description of Arrieta and his 1994 Ford Explorer.

Sgt. Robert Kennedy spotted a vehicle with a similar description on Walthour Road and stopped.

He asked the driver to get out of his sport-utility vehicle and found that the teenager "was unsteady on his feet" and had "slurred speech," Burnsed said. Arrieta also smelled of alcohol, Burnsed said.

A Breathalyzer test showed Arrieta had a blood alcohol level of .151, Burnsed said. The legal limit is .08.

Arrieta was arrested and taken to the Chatham County jail, where he is being held on charges of DUI, possession of alcohol by a minor, leaving the scene of an accident, and failure to notify after striking a vehicle.